. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastics committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call wah! announcer: the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child's life. [laughs] announcer: take time to be a dad today. anuncer: this is a man who almost learned to walk a rehab center that almost got built... by people who almost gave money. almost gave. how good is almost giving? about as good as almost walking. >> hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us this evening. my name is sandra. i'm part of the arab heritage month committee. we would like to welcome you to our annual arab heritage month celebration. on behalf of the mayor's office and the city of san francisco. >> hi, everyone. thank you for joining. we were technically supposed to start at 5:30, but we are a few minutes early. that's pretty good. we're usually late. thank you

considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> this is holly lee knox. there are some proud pet owners in san francisco and they have brought all their pets here to strut their stuff. >> it's an annual event that we've had. this is our 18th year. we bring in rescue groupers, vendors, supporters, lots and lots of animals. it's a proud day for us and for the animals of san francisco. >> the costume contest is really fun. people get really creative. it's a really fun event. people go all out, create costumes, buy costumes, whatever it is. but there's some really fun ones. >> we're just celebrating the pets and just their companionship and how they are invaluable. so everybody's having fun. >> we're the city's open door shelter. that means we take in every animal th

what i saw were similarities, and it was impressive to learn the meeting with dutch planners and local city officials that amsterdam and san francisco -- i will focus on amsterdam because that is where i spent most of my time, but these cities are very similar. similar populations, similar population densities. they are laid out very similar in terms of residential density. we're centers for strong regional economies, similar in economic drivers. tourism is number one. viking is part of their tourism. also big finance, creative technology, that as part of the economic driver. also big similarities in terms of cultural or political persuasions. we are a population that values environmental sustainability. it values and social equity. we are cities that understand the benefit of the greater good , and are places where sometimes we are out lyras for the rest of our country. there are places that can be models for the rest of our country. in our cities, i can't talk about it without addressing the flat this issue. as flat as amsterdam is, when you are riding on a really heavy by with no barrier

. >> if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiasticens committed to improving its operations, i encourara supervisor mar: could afternoon, everyone. this is the land use and economic development committee. my name is eric mar. i am the chair. to my right is supervisor cohen. supervisor wiener we're supervisor any minute. our clerk alisa somera is -- miller. somera, i used to say. >> please turn off all cellular phones and electronic devices. complete speaker cards the documents to be included as part of the file. items acted upon today will appear on the november 15 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: thank you. we would like to thank the staff from sfgtv for telecasting us, as they always do. we only have one item. >> item number one, resolution approving the agreement and authorizing the eastern neighborhoods rental incentive option under san francisco planning code for the residential developer proposed that 720 and 740 illinois street and 2121 third street. >> that we have a member of the planning d

. >> if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourara >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is also transmitted to bus shelters around the city equipped with the next bus sign

considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call wah! announcer: the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child's life. [laughs] announcer: take time to be a dad today.

city in the state to do this. the federal government provides bonds to local governments at pennies on the dollar, that because there is such a strong risk aversion by employers to hire ex offenders, the city could buy these bonds for up to $25,000 increments at a very, very low cost as an assured the against the liability that the employer would take on. some other states are doing this. california has not, and i hoped san francisco would be the first. not one bond has been exercised in the city and county of san francisco. i think what is really the telling part of that is just the no promotional marketing by the city in order to explain to those businesses that, here you go, this program does this exist. the city is willing to guarantee your back on this against liability to the best that we can. from that other book again, i have been looking for -- if there has not been as much enthusiasm to embrace that, then i think it should be a complement and it has got to be incentivizing. to incentivize to a population that is enormously difficult to get access to employment, i was hoping that this would be the right liv

i got recorded on the radio saying not only is this a local city issue, a state issue, but ultimately the federal government is the pressing cannabis. we need to address the federal government. who is going to help us? [applause] supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> i am and medical patient peter i am speaking for people that cannot speak english or the american language. we need that medical marijuana. i am a patient. thank you. gracias. [applause] >> good morning peter i am from divinities tree. it is so encouraging to hear the patience speak. i want to remind you folks -- thank you very much for considering this resolution. no, i view this as an attack on landlords and agents and an attack on the board. i think the board came up with great rules and regulations for dispensaries, and is really a model. that was in 2005. i hope you will stand up to the department of justice. i think it is another tired attack on san francisco values. thank you. [applause] supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am a patient advocate. i would like to say thank

. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> started in 1990. the citizens of the marina district came to the fire department and asked for a program to survive for 3 days. there is a 70 percent chance we will have a 6.5 earthquake. 71 large fires. 40 major rescue operations. [inaudible]. rescue operations there were 34 structure fires we need 275 engines to handle this. we have 41. you will be on your own and we should be prepared. we will go over the merge training program. part of the training program is helping you make the decisions that will save lives. in this situation this person carrying a pail of water to put out the fire will not put out the fire. how many people have used a fire extinguisher before. >> may be 10 percent of you. by the end of the week you will be putting out a fire with a fire extinguisher.

saying the campers are costing the city jobs. local businesses agree.ng be stopped. mayor quan says she is trying to work with the protesters to reach a peaceful conclusion to this. she met with them yesterday. oakland has list a number of hazards at the camp. they believe there are now 180 tents, they are concerned about electrical cords in the wet hay and fires will be built more, maybe inside tents now it is getting cold. the mayor's request will be discussed at the general assembly today. last week the group did hand out fliers saying we will not negotiate. other top story the election. terry mcsweeney is in san francisco to let us know how san franciscans voted. >> reporter: we still don't know who is going to occupy the mayor's office the next four years. take a look at election returns. 100% of the precincts reporting. mayor ed lee with 30% of the vote, avalos 19%, city attorney 12%. the only candidates you would think would have a chance. absentee and pro first -- provisional ballots still not going to make the final decision on who is going to

. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> welcome to city hall. it is my pleasure today to join board president david chiu. our chief of police is here today. hydra mendoza, the president of our board of education. the director of public works. my wife anita -- she is the most important. who else do we have? the director of our treasure island authority is here. also member of our housing authority. thank you very much for being here. our city librarian -- thank you for being here as well. the president of the san francisco giants is here. all right. and they won today. [applause] sorry if i forgot to mention anybody. i know supervisor avalos will join us later. and sandy. thank you for being with us today. sharon has been here for many years. thank you for being here as well. to all of you who our guests -- family,

fire so you don't need to federal government to put these these codes in but i am not against local cities or local towns where they want to have ordinances on a local level for fire safety that's fine. i mean we have so much more with peter schiff in just a minute after a break and first we've got to get the word of the day. all right time now for word of the day where i break down a financial term or concept for our very smart viewer but perhaps not a financial expert in the crowd so we're stock rose he's got the word of the day for you or. you know what it is nice to have you back especially since so many people missed us i got a lot of it back where is word of the day yes i know mr joseph but could be well you're back and we'll see you again because we just took a break yesterday because we had some big news ok so what's the word of the day today it is capital and it is very important because not only isn't it is it in the name of our show but peter and i were just talking about capitalism and capital as a hot topic at the g. twenty summit which is going on right now here's an example

. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> hi, i'm bart may. today we have a speaking event for you as we all the celebrate the placement of the world's largest self-anchored suspension bridge. without any further ado, i'd like to introduce the cal trans director, malcolm dockerty. >> thank you for coming out and helpling us celebrate the momentous occasion. it is my extreme pleasure to be able to introduce our first speaker today, and that is the honorable mayor, gene kwan. >> good morning. well, we were expecting my friend ed lee. who knows if we see flashing sirens, that will probably be him. this is an amazing event for the bay area's economy. this bridge and this final lane of the final section represents so many things for us in the bay area. it represents an investment in the future of our area, tying oakland a

. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call

. >>> grace, several local cities are hosting events for veterans day today. a holliday with roots dating back to the end of world war i. now, one of the nation's largest veterans day parades is right here in the bay area and downtown san jose. now in its 93rd year, ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m. at the plaza de cesar chavez, the main viewing area for the parade, which starts at noon, running along parts of west santa clara and south market streets there. prepare for downtown street closures as well a little later this morning. and this of course is a special year for the annual veterans day cupertino ceremony the traveling vietnam veterans memorial wall is on display there. it's a slightly smaller replica of the permanent memorial wall on the national mall in washington, d.c. the ceremony at cupertino's memorial park begins at 11:00 this morning. there's also a veterans day event here in san francisco. a parade along parts of market, mcallister and polk street. that starts at 11:00 this morning. there will be some street closures there and some transit serv

right it wasn't even a day earlier twenty seven anti-government protesters died in homs which is a local city in the position the arab league will make another attempt at tracking the crisis this week after deliberating a peace deal that's been widely ignored. triple blasts also struck civilians rather large market in central baghdad as people gathered to buy food to eat at least eight people died and dozens more were injured despite an increase in security iraqi capital has seen mozart it's one of those in recent months. to call out. race is on to france survivors buried by landslides in colombia brought on by the worst rainy season and living memory dozens are feared buried after part of a mountainside washed away total the city of. about one hundred sixty kilometers west of the capital a severe weather has already forced a quarter of a million people to evacuate to safety. the floods are continuing to spread in bangkok's a commercial district with five hundred people have already been killed across thailand the country's worst flooding in off a century also levels in the capital have reach

yesterday for members of the local city council joined with the local chamber of commerce to demand that the protesters be removed posthaste and they threatened jean harlow the vote of no confidence if she didn't if she didn't go ahead and do just that so i do think that that's exactly what it is it's again a very useful premise for you know for those who seek to dismantle this. you know one of the arguments that they use here too is that i think i can should go so that police officers can get that they're doing what they're supposed to be doing right and that stopping crime around the community and this tragic incident from yesterday is a perfect example for them but has anyone bothered to ask why they think that they need to come out in mass force and and use some of the tactics and really worry about the protesters rather than continuing on with their daily duties. but it's an interesting question i spoke with a police officer yesterday over the crime scene tape and he was saying that you know i asked him is there ever a sense that some lesser amount of force can be used to achieve th

support from the government particularly the apartment of homeland security has been meeting with local cities the providing all sorts of non-lethal police same tools and the consequent is that been more arrests like the incident that outraged the world at the university of california davis where young people who were sitting down nonviolently were pepper sprayed know the police that didn't have been put on leave but these kinds of outrages continue and they continue basically to grow the movement by getting more sympathy for the activists of course the day secretary one thousand sixty's the anti-war movement we had a can't think moment when students account state or gunned down this galvanized the anti-war movement and pushed the momentum toward the success of that movement after we had a can state moment yet with the occupy movement was bringing that there was a report of the first feature ality in seattle where a woman had a miscarriage after being hit by the police lost her child you know situation of a growling confrontation and growling violence by the police and you know the question is

know this year today i think tomorrow and next year you know there are going to be elections for local city county state and federal government all over the country. compared with those compared with all of those elected officials the presidency you know doesn't have you know like can't really compare with. you know with the importance of a local of local politics to be very brief you see it so that's where a movement like this can have its real effect i can see it so very briefly participating in these approaches if we're going on in six months to years time yes i think people i saw i saw a report that there are plans being introduced to the general assembly down at occupy wall street that have that you know there they are you know they're planning for years and years into the future to mrs rowles new york it was wonderful we. carry on just briefly oh yeah i saw one proposal that you know there are proposals that have plans for for organizing plans that extend to two thousand and fourteen and twenty sixteen i even saw one that went all the way to twenty twenty four ok thank you for your th

. >> the united nations proposal to create a system where your local city government cannot do somethingause of an agreement that they signed with this sub group that is going to take your private property and turn it into a publicly controlled properly. >>reporter: bill started out of miami says agenda 21 is no conspiracy he says the city adopted the program to promote growth and ease traffic congestion and cut down on pollution. >> this is a way that we can share information on how we are combating climate change and promoting sustainable development. >> you better look in the mirror and taken on. >>reporter: across the area tea party members have told people to voted down. in iowa earlier this week new gingrich and knowledge--to acknowledge that again between what is it not even binding. >> i've not seen that the federal government needs to be in the process of implementing something that the senate has not approved. >> why raise that on the presidential candidacy? >> because i believe it is an important topic. >> now check out the forecast i will talk about this rain coming up. [ man